For decades, the practice of veterinary medicine focused almost exclusively on the physiological: the broken bone, the infected wound, the malfunctioning organ. The animal was viewed largely as a biological machine. However, a quiet but profound revolution is taking place in clinics and research labs around the world. Today, the stethoscope is being joined by the ethogram (a catalog of animal behaviors), and the scalpel is being guided by an understanding of the mind.
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Just as human medicine utilizes SSRIs and anxiolytics, veterinary science has embraced psychopharmacology. For animals with profound phobias or compulsive disorders, behavioral modification (training) often fails because the animal is in a constant state of "fight or flight." Veterinary Practice: Improving animal care and behavior in